Meryl Streep

It's an unexceptional small-town watering hole, the Pheasant Run Pub & Grill, except for a couple of things. In one corner, two bar stools — and only those two — have red covers. "Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep sat there," said Tonya Fier, who has worked in the bar and lived in Winterset long enough to know some local history. "It was the 'Blue Note' in the movie." "The movie" was "The Bridges of Madison County." Winterset is the Madison County seat (complete with the appropriate courthouse and square), and much of "the movie" was filmed in 1994 around the county's six bridges and in the Northside...

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